The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, your words are pure. When hate seems to triumph, surround us with your protection and favor. Have mercy upon our nation and world. Lord, the wicked are often exalted as they blaspheme and destroy. May our lawmakers not permit inaction to derail liberty. How long will the enemies of freedom seem to prevail . Awake us all and use us for your glory, for we trust in your mercy. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassl
Country. Especially those who gave all. Im john huck. Im christine maddela. Veterans day is a time to celebrate all of the brave men and women who fight for our country. There are events going on today and this weekend to honor veterans. Fox5s eric hilt takes us to one event where a vet is being honored with a special gift. Closed captioning will resume shortly in my head and my chest and my heart i feel like im in my veteran mark lechner is feeling his age you do get a little better when youre having pain pain or from the decades old injury from training on base during the korean war i was asked to help out how to teach the troops with leaving to go to vietnam or to go to korea how to defend himself probably and in that mood when i got hurt to help, mark got a veterans day surprise. The newly formed las vegas chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association gave mark a wheelchair wheelchair to help with his pain and then we heard that we were that i was chosen that then we became the le
Job and also Holding Accountable the people who arent doing a good job. And im sure thats demoralizing to the people who are doing a good job. Senator, i think your points are very well made. Im not sure we reward our Program Managers very well. I think that only thing that i have seen in my experience is you promote them. In terms of holding folks accountable, when we see a clear connection between what they did and their outcome, we do retire them or move them. Both civilians and military. Beyond that, the incentive structure that youre referring to is not clear and is not adequate. And it ties to what the earlier chairman and the Ranking Member talked about, is where the decisions are made and what paul talked about in terms of how is it that the culture and how the decisions are directed into a Program Manager relates to their ability to perform. Well, one thing i would say is also as leaders, if youve got someone you have to let go at the captain level, the leader needs to be held
Morning on abc9 news. The final Republican Debate before the iowa caucus will have one key player absent. We will tell you why he backed out. Plus. Leaked information helped police sold an ottumwa murder cold case. We have the latest details this morning. And. Local Elementary Students were able to exercise their right to vovo. We will bring you totohe sunnyside elementary cacaus coming up. These stories and more oabc9 news this morning. Good morning. I am Lukas Voss Donald trump found a stage he doesnt want to stand on. The gop frontrunner has been teasing whether hell attend this weeks Republican Debate. And now we know. His decision comimi just days ahead of the first votes in iowa. And tonight, one of his rivals is throwing down the gauntlet. Nats . Trump rally . A bombshell from donald trump. Ju days before the iowa caucuses. Sot donald trump r president ial candidate lets see how much money fox is going to make on the debate without me, okay . Trumps campaign now confirming he is
Today will present more sunshine and nice weather, but with a couple of twists as a little disturbance moves through the area. Ahead of it, with calm winds and moisture at the surface, some patchy freezing fog will be around but should burn off fairly quickly as winds increase out of the southwest throughout the morning. As our little boundary sweeps across the area, in addition to the winds light mix will be possible in some of our northernmost counties during the midday hours. The vast majority of the viewing area though, will be mild with temperatures reaching well into the 30s to near 40 with some decent sunshine. Well see more of the same 3040 degree temperatures over the next few days including this weekend with a chance of a light mix saturday night sunday morning. A more potent system looks to move in early next week giving us some decent snow chances next monday night and tuesday which could make for an interesting caucus night groundhog day, so well have to wait and see how t